Improvement in combs



UNITED STATES PATENT (')r'irrcrir THEOEORE SCHREIBER, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBS.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,664, dated November 13, 1866.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE SOHREIBER, of the cityr of Wheeling, county of Ohio, State of West Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Smoothing Attachment to Combs and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specicatiom'in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. l

This invention consists in a vertically-sliding spring-pad combined with the teeth of a comb in such a manner that by the action of a spring-pad the hair in combing is pressed down smooth and in good condition, and the use .of a hair-brush is dispensed with.

A represents a comb, made of sheet metal or any other suitable material. The body of the comb is hollow, and made to receive a pad, B, of wood or any other suitable material, and

covered with cloth, felt, or other textile or flexible material, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This pad bears on a spring, C, which has a tendency to force the same out iush with the fronts of the teeth of the comb, and a set-screw, a, serves to adjust the pad in the desired position, leaving the teeth to project beyond the outer edge of the pad a suitable distance, as shown in the drawings.

When the comb is applied to the hair the teeth pass through the hair in the usual man ner, and the pad, which follows the teeth, presses the hair down and renders the same smooth, so that the use of a hair-brush after the comb is rendered superiiuous.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The spring-pad B, in combination with the comb A, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 9th day of July, 1866.

THEODORE SGHREIBER.

Witnesses z WM. F. MGNAMARA, ALEX. F. RoBERTs. 

